Inertia Posted:

But only God is omniscient, we are not. This knowledge of the future is unknown and therefore irrelevant to us. As discussed in Romans, yes I suppose you can call that predestination… but not exactly in the sense that I think you are thinking of. As humans we still have free will, although this free will is rather redundant in God’s perspective, but as far as we’re concerned we determine our own lives.

I think you can look at it this way. First, think that God is not omniscient, he doesn’t know the future, we have free will. Then, he gains omniscience, he now knows the future, but he keeps this knowledge to himself. Are we affected in any way by this change in God’s knowledge? We still have free will.

He gains omniscience? The bible states that he is, not that he gains it post our birth. This doesn’t address my question in a satisfying(to me) manner. Even if he didn’t have omniscience to begin with, that would cast doubts on his omnipotence and omnipresence as well. God in the Christian doctrine is either omni-potent/scient/present and we don’t have free will since it all goes according to his infallible plan or he isn’t and is not a perfect being. Log in to see images!